Leaked documents which have tipped up on the world wide wibble indicate that Sony is about to drop the price of its PS2 for $99 from April 5.

The price drop coincides with the April DSi launch. Currently a PS2 will set you back $130 and so the $30 price drop represents nearly a 25 per cent  drop. Photos which appear on the web depict marketing material with the new price on them. In fact some strokers of beards and people in the know believe that the drop in the PS2 price could foreshadow a PS3 price cut later in the fiscal year ending March 2010.

However it could also indicate that Sony is planning to pull the plug on the aging console which has been with us for nearly eight years.  Well not with me of course, I have a life. Unit sales of the PS2 have been flat and it is thought that a price cut could be just the ticket to clear out Sony's inventory prior to a wind down of production.